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November 28. 2001 Vol. 30 No. 08
Giving campaign gains
momentum
-Page2
Biomedical engineers test
new voting machines
-Page3
VCU prepares for reaffirma­tion
of accreditation
-Page4
BONIS, RAYMOND F
UNNERSITY UBRARY SERVICES
PO BOX 842033
VCU's Trani Center for Life Sciences dedicated
by Lorraine Cichowski
University News SelVices
About 500 guests, including Gov.-elect
Mark R. Warner, turned out Nov. 15 for
the official dedication of the $28.1 million
Trani Center for Life Sciences at Virginia
Commonwealth University.
The crowd filled two auditoriums as
veu President Eugene P. Trani called life
sciences "the new intellectual revolution
of the 21 st century."
"It is not a single discipline but an inter­disciplinary
approach to studying the com­plexities
of life - whether a molecule, an
organism, a disease or an ecosystem/' Dr.
Trani said in his opening remarks. "This
method of looking at life has tremendous
implications for the mission of higher edu­cation.
How do we educate students· for
the new careers emerging from this intel­lectual
revolution? What kind of research
do we pursue to create new knowledge and
its applications? .
"These implications are the inspiration
behind VCU Life Sciences."
Dedication of the 132,OOO-square-foot,
four-story building, named for Dr. Trani
and his wife, Lois E. Trani, originally was
scheduled for Sept. 20, but it was delayed
because of the terrorist atracks.
The dedication ceremony opened with
the singing of the National Anthem by
veu student Brandon Wood, a senior in
the Department of Music. Highlights
included videos about life sciences. Video
segments also were shown on monitors
placed throughout the Trani Center.
President Trani acknowledged several at
VCU and in state government who col­laborated,
beginning in fa ll 1997, to define
and fund the building of the Trani Center.
Among those cited were Len Smock,
Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biology;
Paul Timmreck, veu senior vice presi­dent
for Finance and Administration;
Phyllis Palmiero, then education section
manager at the Virginia Department of
Planning and Budget and now director of
the Srate Council for Higher Education in
Virginia; and Ann Smith, VCU's budget
analyst at DPB. Trani also praised Thomas
Huff, vice provost for life sciences, for his
ability to take "VCU's vision of life sci­ences
and make it happen."
After Dr. Trani, the first speaker was
Warner, who praised the president for his
vision for veu and v eu's dedication to
research and technology development.
Other speakers included:
- The Hon. Roger L. Gregory, judge on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit and former rector of VCU's Board
Govemor-elect Warner with Dr. and
Mrs. Trani.
of Visitors.
-VCU Rector Edward L. Rippen, a
partner with McGuireWoods LLP in
Richmond.
-Don Gibbons, associate dean for pub­lic
affairs at the Harvard Medical School.
-VCU student Harlan Harvey, a senior
majoring in chemistry and biology and
president of the Student Government
Association on veu's Academic Campus.
The dedication was followed by tours of
the building and a gala reception.
Earlier on Nov. 15, before the dedica­tion,
Huff presided over an hour-and-one-
Rector Rippen p ....... nts resolution to Dr.
Trani.
half-long special session of Life Sciences
101, a new and unique course for freshmen
science majors at veu.
The session featured lectures by three
veu professors involved with scientific
endeavors related to bioterrorism. The
panelists were Richard P Wenzel, M.D.,
~ M.Sc., epidemiologist and chair of internal
medicine at veu; Denise A. Pettit,
Ph.D., adjunct professor of microbiology
and immunology at VCU and special proj­ects
lead scientist at the Virginia Division
of Consolidated Laboratory Services; and
Karen Kester, Ph.D., entomologist and
BioterTOrism forum panelists Drs.
Kester. Pettit and Wenzel.
assiSTant professor of biology at Veu.
Life Sciences 101 is a key ingredient of
VCU's commitment to prepare students
for exploding growth in careers linked to
the deciphering of the human encyclope­dia
of genes.
The 250 students in the inaugural class
have been attending lectures this semester
by distinguished faculty members from
both campuses of the university: the
Medical College of Virginia Campus and
the Academic Campus.
IL

November 28. 2001 Vol. 30 No. 08
Giving campaign gains
momentum
-Page2
Biomedical engineers test
new voting machines
-Page3
VCU prepares for reaffirma­tion
of accreditation
-Page4
BONIS, RAYMOND F
UNNERSITY UBRARY SERVICES
PO BOX 842033
VCU's Trani Center for Life Sciences dedicated
by Lorraine Cichowski
University News SelVices
About 500 guests, including Gov.-elect
Mark R. Warner, turned out Nov. 15 for
the official dedication of the $28.1 million
Trani Center for Life Sciences at Virginia
Commonwealth University.
The crowd filled two auditoriums as
veu President Eugene P. Trani called life
sciences "the new intellectual revolution
of the 21 st century."
"It is not a single discipline but an inter­disciplinary
approach to studying the com­plexities
of life - whether a molecule, an
organism, a disease or an ecosystem/' Dr.
Trani said in his opening remarks. "This
method of looking at life has tremendous
implications for the mission of higher edu­cation.
How do we educate students· for
the new careers emerging from this intel­lectual
revolution? What kind of research
do we pursue to create new knowledge and
its applications? .
"These implications are the inspiration
behind VCU Life Sciences."
Dedication of the 132,OOO-square-foot,
four-story building, named for Dr. Trani
and his wife, Lois E. Trani, originally was
scheduled for Sept. 20, but it was delayed
because of the terrorist atracks.
The dedication ceremony opened with
the singing of the National Anthem by
veu student Brandon Wood, a senior in
the Department of Music. Highlights
included videos about life sciences. Video
segments also were shown on monitors
placed throughout the Trani Center.
President Trani acknowledged several at
VCU and in state government who col­laborated,
beginning in fa ll 1997, to define
and fund the building of the Trani Center.
Among those cited were Len Smock,
Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biology;
Paul Timmreck, veu senior vice presi­dent
for Finance and Administration;
Phyllis Palmiero, then education section
manager at the Virginia Department of
Planning and Budget and now director of
the Srate Council for Higher Education in
Virginia; and Ann Smith, VCU's budget
analyst at DPB. Trani also praised Thomas
Huff, vice provost for life sciences, for his
ability to take "VCU's vision of life sci­ences
and make it happen."
After Dr. Trani, the first speaker was
Warner, who praised the president for his
vision for veu and v eu's dedication to
research and technology development.
Other speakers included:
- The Hon. Roger L. Gregory, judge on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit and former rector of VCU's Board
Govemor-elect Warner with Dr. and
Mrs. Trani.
of Visitors.
-VCU Rector Edward L. Rippen, a
partner with McGuireWoods LLP in
Richmond.
-Don Gibbons, associate dean for pub­lic
affairs at the Harvard Medical School.
-VCU student Harlan Harvey, a senior
majoring in chemistry and biology and
president of the Student Government
Association on veu's Academic Campus.
The dedication was followed by tours of
the building and a gala reception.
Earlier on Nov. 15, before the dedica­tion,
Huff presided over an hour-and-one-
Rector Rippen p ....... nts resolution to Dr.
Trani.
half-long special session of Life Sciences
101, a new and unique course for freshmen
science majors at veu.
The session featured lectures by three
veu professors involved with scientific
endeavors related to bioterrorism. The
panelists were Richard P Wenzel, M.D.,
~ M.Sc., epidemiologist and chair of internal
medicine at veu; Denise A. Pettit,
Ph.D., adjunct professor of microbiology
and immunology at VCU and special proj­ects
lead scientist at the Virginia Division
of Consolidated Laboratory Services; and
Karen Kester, Ph.D., entomologist and
BioterTOrism forum panelists Drs.
Kester. Pettit and Wenzel.
assiSTant professor of biology at Veu.
Life Sciences 101 is a key ingredient of
VCU's commitment to prepare students
for exploding growth in careers linked to
the deciphering of the human encyclope­dia
of genes.
The 250 students in the inaugural class
have been attending lectures this semester
by distinguished faculty members from
both campuses of the university: the
Medical College of Virginia Campus and
the Academic Campus.
IL